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Rights group accuses Kenya of abusing Somalis
Date: 2014-04-11 12:05:48 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:50 - ID:662286
NAIROBI, April 11 (MENA) - Human Rights Watch on Friday accused Kenya of treating Somalis like scapegoats amid swoops by security forces that have seen thousands arrested and scores expelled back to their war-torn country, The Daily Nation reported ....
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UK expresses sympathy with attacked UAE women in London
Date: 2014-04-10 21:40:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:189 - ID:661572
LONDON, April 10 (MENA) – The British Government expressed Thursday its sympathy with the three UAE women who have been attacked in a room at a central London hotel. UK Foreign Office Minister for MENA Affairs Hugh Robertson said he contacted ....
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Egyptian union in Austria praises UK Human Rights Report on constitution
Date: 2014-04-10 20:32:45 GMT - Austria - World - SN:180 - ID:661491
VIENNA, April 10 (MENA) - The General Union of Egyptians in Austria hailed Thursday the UK Foreign Office's annual Human Rights Report for 2013 which praised the amended Egyptian constitution, passed in January. The UK Foreign Office was ....
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UN ignores S. Sudan camp crisis, charity says
Date: 2014-04-10 20:02:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:172 - ID:661487
WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - In a blistering criticism of the United Nations mission in South Sudan, Doctors Without Borders said Wednesday that the mission is refusing to quickly move 21,000 displaced people from a UN base to safer grounds before ....
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Attempt of suicide bombers at Sochi facilities prevented - official
Date: 2014-04-10 19:36:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:168 - ID:661356
MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov revealed certain details of attempted terrorist attacks at Olympic facilities in Sochi, which were prevented in association with special services of the ....
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Egypt touches positive stances from World Bank, IMF – minister
Date: 2014-04-10 17:17:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:144 - ID:661184
WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) – Cairo touches new positive spirit and understanding in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) towards situations in Egypt as government goes on carrying out the roadmap adopted following the June 30 ....
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Egypt's constitution guarantees better protection for religious minorities, women - UK report
Date: 2014-04-10 17:07:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:142 - ID:661159
LONDON, April 10 (MENA) – Egypt's constitution guarantees better protection for religious minorities and women, the UK annual Human Rights Report for 2013 has said. "In Egypt a draft new constitution in December offered greater protection for ....
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British Museum uses CT scans to show 8 Egyptian mummies' faces
Date: 2014-04-10 15:11:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:118 - ID:660621
LONDON, April 10 (MENA) - The British Museum has turned to the latest technology to unlock the secrets of its Egyptian mummies, one of the institution’s most popular visitor attractions, along visitors to explore cases that have remained closed for ....
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Early parliamentary elections in Crimea may be held in September 2014 - speaker
Date: 2014-04-10 15:09:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:116 - ID:660721
MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - Early parliamentary elections in Crimea may be held in September 2014, speaker of the Crimean State Council (legislature) Vladimir Konstantinov has been quoted as saying by Itar-Tass on Thursday. Active efforts were ....
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US claims Russia kept Boston bomber suspect information secret, report says
Date: 2014-04-10 15:08:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:114 - ID:660750
NEW YORK, April 10 (MENA) - The Russian government declined to provide the FBI with information about one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects that would most likely have led to more extensive scrutiny of him at least two years before the attack, ....